"She will promise you more

than the Garden of Eden,

Then she'll carelessly cut you

And laugh while you're bleeding."

Billy Joel

While our Governor Moonbeam is fond of saying that everything happens first in California, he just may be overlooking Greece 'n the teetering countries of Europe…I don't know if Jerry is aware of the fact that while those countries may actually go bankrupt, California doesn't have that option…Individual Californians can go bankrupt, California towns 'n cities can go bankrupt but the State of California cannot seek protection under the bankruptcy laws…like Stella, we may have to depend on 'the kindness of strangers'….in this case, the rest of the USA….ah well, hopes 'n dreams…..

Now Jerry says the people of California  just gotta vote to raise taxes on themselves 'cause the Legislature, as wonderful as those folks are, can't do it all 'n the State needs more money to pay for all those wonderful new programs that will enrich the lives of the citizens of California…(am I overusing the word wonderful?)

Y'know, all those wonderful programs that will eventually pay their own way…like Jerry's legacy high-speed rail that will just absolutely replace jet planes 'n automobiles that require so much (ugh) fossil fuel to operate 'n highways that are in constant need of upkeep 'n repair 'n just eat up tax money that could be better spent on…..well, whatever the Legislature wants to spend tax money on…maybe, welfare programs for illegals that the State needs for all those 'green' jobs that are going to replace all those nasty manufacturing jobs that enslave people 'n make  them dependent on that weekly paycheck to buy stuff like…oh , I dunno…food 'n housing 'n unimportant stuff like that….anybody that would actually want a job like that should go to Texas or Alabama or someplace that doesn't have the protection of a union….'n speaking of unions, every Californian that wants to give part of their paycheck to a union should vote a resounding NO on Proposition 32….on that proverbial other hand, howsumever, if you believe that unions are part of the problem, a YES vote is a good way of telling them to keep their hands out of your pocket….

Anyway, Jerry says that we need more tax money or else we'll have to cut funding for Calfornia schools and condemn our children to a lifetime of ignorance and limited opportunities…why, they might have to (gasp) leave paradise 'n go live 'n work in one of those unenlightened Right to Work states like Texas or Alabama or Ohio or one of those less than wonderful States that lie between the oceans… 

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I've learned a lot about women. I think I've learned exactly how the fall of man occured in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, and Adam said one day, "Wow, Eve, here we are, at one with nature, at one with God, we'll never age, we'll never die, and all our dreams come true the instant that we have them." And Eve said, "Yeah... it's just not enough is it?"